Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Uttara Phalguni and Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
25.5–26.5 of 36 with Uttara Phalguni as bride, 24.5–25.5 with Uttara Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana
Uttara Phalguni as bride
25.5–26.5
of 36
Uttara Bhadrapada as bride
24.5–25.5
of 36
Across all padas
25.5–28
spread of 2.5
Four of the eight kootas — Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi — are settled by the two birth stars alone, before anyone asks about a pada; the other four are read from the Moon rashi, which a pada can move. For Uttara Phalguni with Uttara Bhadrapada that leaves 5 of the eight at full marks — Varna, Yoni, Graha Maitri, Gana and Nadi — and 3 carrying a deduction: Bhakoot (0 of 7), Tara (1.5 of 3) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). The heaviest of them is Bhakoot, where Pisces and Leo — 8/6 gives 0 of 7.
A swing of 2.5 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 25.5 at the bottom, 28 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Uttara Phalguni runs from Leo into Virgo after pada 1. Since Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot are all read from the Moon rashi rather than from the star, which puts 15 of the 36 guna on that boundary, which side of it the Moon fell on is not a detail.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Uttara Phalguni and Uttara Bhadrapada, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Uttara Phalguni bride | Uttara Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Brahmin · Uttara Phalguni: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Uttara Phalguni: Sadhaka (6) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Pratyari (5) |
| Yoni / 4 | 4 | 4 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Uttara Phalguni: Cow |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Uttara Phalguni: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Manushya · Uttara Phalguni: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Pisces and Leo — 8/6 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) · Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 25.5–26.5 | 24.5–25.5 | Good |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Pisces and Leo — 8/6. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Uttara Phalguni: Sadhaka (6) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Pratyari (5). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Uttara Phalguni’s table and Uttara Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Uttara Phalguni runs Leo 26°40′ – Virgo 10°00′ and Uttara Bhadrapada runs Pisces 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 160°00′ and 180°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Uttara Phalguni as bride first, Uttara Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 24.5 at the lowest and 28 at the highest.
| Uttara Phalguni ↓ / Uttara Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Pisces | Pada 2Pisces | Pada 3Pisces | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 25.5 / 24.5 | 25.5 / 24.5 | 25.5 / 24.5 | 25.5 / 24.5 |
| Pada 2Virgo | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 |
| Pada 3Virgo | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 |
| Pada 4Virgo | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 1 guna to every cell. All sixteen combinations clear the conventional threshold of 18. Dimmed cells fall below it; the nakshatra finder returns the pada from a birth date, time and place.
The Two Doshas, and Whether They Are Cancelled
Nadi and Bhakoot between them decide the shape of a result more than the total does — and both come with classical relief clauses that two named birth stars are enough to test.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Uttara Phalguni is Adi (Vata) and Uttara Bhadrapada is Madhya (Pitta). Different nadis take the full eight guna, and since Nadi alone is more than a fifth of the total, this pair starts from a position 108 of the 351 pairs never reach.
Bhakoot Koota — 0 of 7 at pada 1
In 4 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. The commonly cited cancellation covers each of those cells: Sun and Jupiter are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.
A cancellation is relief, not a score adjustment — the koota still reads zero above. The doshas Ashtakoot does not test for are a separate question — Mangal dosha among them.
Two Tests Outside the 36
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Uttara Phalguni to Uttara Bhadrapada is 15 and back is 14, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 15 stars between them, against a favourable set of 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22 and 25. 108 of the 351 pairs land on one of those.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied both ways. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 15 with Uttara Phalguni as bride, 14 with Uttara Bhadrapada — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Uttara Phalguni is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed), Uttara Bhadrapada is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 25.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 6th place in Uttara Phalguni's table, 6th in Uttara Bhadrapada's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Uttara Phalguni’s table
6th of 27
Uttara Bhadrapada scores 25.5 there outright. Uttara Phalguni’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 33 with a median of 21, so this one sits above the middle of what Uttara Phalguni can reach — all 27 rows.
In Uttara Bhadrapada’s table
6th of 27
Uttara Phalguni scores 25.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Uttara Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 32 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Uttara Bhadrapada can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
One number cannot carry a marriage. Ashtakoot reads a single point from each chart — the Moon — so two people born hours apart with the Moon in Uttara Phalguni score identically here whatever else their charts do. The seventh house and its lord, Venus, Mars and Mangal dosha, and the dasha each partner is running are all outside it, and any of them can matter more than the difference between good and the band above.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot and what a birth date alone can and cannot settle. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Uttara Phalguni page and the Uttara Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Uttara Phalguni and Uttara Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 25.5 and 28. Two birth times pick one of them.
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